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<p>Tanakh recounts Sancheriv's attack in Melakhim II, Yeshayahu and Divrei HaYamim II.</p>
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<p>The story of Sancheriv's campaign against Yehuda is one of the most documented of Biblical events. Tanakh discusses it at length in&#160;<a href="MelakhimII18-13-16" data-aht="source">Melakhim II 18-19</a>, <a href="Yeshayahu36-1-10" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 36-37</a>, and <a href="DivreiHaYamimII32-1-22" data-aht="source">Divrei HaYamim II 32</a>, and further alludes to it in the opening chapters of Yeshayahu and Mikhah.<fn>See <a href="Yeshayahu8-7-8" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 8:7-8</a> , <a href="Yeshayahu10-5-19" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 10:5-19</a> and <a href="Mikhah1-9-14" data-aht="source">Mikhah 1:9-14</a>.</fn> </p>
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<li>Melakhim and Yeshayahu – These two accounts are almost identical.</li>
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Version as of 04:19, 22 January 2018

Sancheriv's Campaign and Assyrian Sources

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Overview

The story of Sancheriv's campaign against Yehuda is one of the most documented of Biblical events, discussed both in multiple places in Tanakh, and in Assyrian sources.

Biblical Sources

The story of Sancheriv's campaign against Yehuda is one of the most documented of Biblical events. Tanakh discusses it at length in Melakhim II 18-19, Yeshayahu 36-37, and Divrei HaYamim II 32, and further alludes to it in the opening chapters of Yeshayahu and Mikhah.1

  • Melakhim and Yeshayahu – These two accounts are almost identical.